BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Revised Syllabus and Paper Pattern of F.Y.B.Com: Business Economics

PAPER I
w.e.f. Academic Year 2014-15

SEMESTER I
Module I Demand Analysis Demand Function and determinants of demand
Concept and Importance of Elasticity of Demand:
Income, Cross and Promotional Consumers Surplus
Demand Forecasting: meaning, significance and
methods Case Studies.

(15 Lectures)

Module II Theory of
Production

Production function; Short Run and Long Run Law

of Variable Proportions Isoquants Producers
Equilibrium Returns to Scale Economies of Scale
Case Studies.

(10 Lectures)

Module III Theory of Cost

Cost Concepts: Social and Private costs, Economic

and Accounting Costs, Fixed and Variable Costs,
Opportunity Cost Behavior of Cost Curves: Short
Run and Long Run Producers Surplus Case
Studies.

(10 Lectures)

Module IV Revenue Analysis Revenue Concepts: Total Revenue Average revenue

and Marginal Revenue under Perfect Competition and
Monopoly Objectives of a Firm: Profit, Sales and
Growth Maximization Types of Profit BreakEven
Analysis Case Studies.

(10 Lectures)

F.Y.B.Com.: Business Economics Paper II

SEMESTER II
Module I Market Structure

Shortrun and longrun equilibrium of a firm and

Industry under perfect competition Sources of
monopoly Shortrun and longrun equilibrium of a
firm under monopoly Features: Monopolistic
Competition and Oligopoly Case studies

(15 Lectures)

Module II Pricing Practices

Pricing Practices: Price Discrimination, Dumping,

Marginalcost
pricing,
Costplus
pricing,
Multipleproduct pricing.

(10 Lectures)

Module III Market Failure

Market Failure: Concept of market failure and

inefficiency (Productive and allocative inefficiency
using PPC) Causes of market failure (Public goods,
Market power, Externalities , Information asymmetry
and Equity) Government intervention and market
efficiency Case studies

(10 Lectures)

Module IV Capital
Budgeting

Capital Budgeting: Meaning and Importance

Investment Criteria: Pay Back Period Method, Net
Present Value Method, and Internal Rate of Return
Method Case Studies.

(10 Lectures)

REFERENCES
1. Bradley R. Schiller, The Macro Economics Today, Tata McGrawHill, 2011.
2. B. Douglas Bernheim and Michael D. Whinston, Microeconomics, Tata McGrawHill,
2011.
3. Lipsey, R.G. and A.K. Chrystal, Economics, Oxford Univ. Press, 2007.
4. Mankiw, N.G., Economics: Principles and Applications, Cengage Learning, 2009.
5. Pindyck, R.S. and D.L. Rubinfeld, Microeconomics, Pearson Education, 2008.
6. Stiglitz, J.E. and C.E. Walsh, Principles of Economics, W.W. Norton, 2002.
7. Salvatore, D.L., Microeconomics: Theory and Applications, Oxford Univ. Press, 2008.
8. Suma Damodaran, Managerial Economics, Oxford University Press, 2006
9. Varian, H.R., Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, W.W. Norton, 2002.
10. Sen, Anindya, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford Univ. Press, 1999.
11. Koutsoyiannis, A., Modern Microeconomics, MacMillan Press, 1979.
12. H.L. Ahuja, Business Economics, 1999.
13. H.L. Ahuja, Principles of Microeconomics
PAPER PATTERN
F.Y.B.COM. -: BUSINESS ECONOMICS - PAPER I & II
Internal and External Examination for Semesters I and II
Internal Examination
The Internal Examination will be of 25 marks and is split into
i)
Test Paper of 20 marks consisting of questions of objective types and case studies.
ii)
5 marks for responsible behavior and active class participation
External Examination
Question Paper Pattern for Semester End Examination.
There will be Five questions in all. All the questions are COMPULSORY and will have
internal choice. (Total 75 marks)
Q1. Module I (Total marks 15)
Three questions: A BC.
Attempt any Two

Q2. Module II (Total marks 15)

Three questions: A BC.
Attempt any Two
Q3. Module III (Total marks 15)
Three questions: A BC.
Attempt any Two
Q4. Module IV (Total marks 15)
Three questions: A BC.
Attempt any Two
Q5. Modules I to IV (Total marks 15)
a. True or False with reasons. Attempt any Four out of Eight: Two from each module. (2
marks each)
b. Choose the correct option. Attempt any Seven out of Twelve: Three from each module. (1
mark each)